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Re: stubborn file


> Hi,
>
> I had this problem when i first installed crond. To fix it i stopped all
> running cygwin services, had to unwillingly remove them and then reboot.
On
> one system the file could be removed by the admin user on windows but on
one
> other system i had to reset the permissions from the security tab. And
then
> i was able to remove the file.
I rebooted and ran chkdsk from the recovery console. That sorted the problem
out - when I logged on the next time, the file has disappeared.
I wonder what bug allowed the file to be created in the first place though.
Strange!

Chris



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